Harriet Hageman: “Grizzly bears, by all objective scientific measures, have been fully-recovered from 'Threatened' status since 2003.”

I hope that by focusing on America’s 250th anniversary – and looking back over that history with honesty and accuracy — we will reverse these declines.

The system is now becoming very, very stressed because California has not kept up with the infrastructure demands and needs of its citizens.

In Gallup’s 25-year patriotism survey, just 17 percent, or less than 1 in 5 American adults, reported that they were ‘very proud’ of being an American.

I am, in fact, optimistic that those festivities we’ve already enjoyed are currently inspiring a new sense of purpose in our national identity.